Portrait of a Young Man

1928

Käthe Kollwitz

Associated Names
Käthe Kollwitz

Artist, German, 1867 - 1945

The image shows the upper half of a man's body in an artistic sketch. He is seated with his elbows resting on a surface in front of him, leaning slightly forward. The man's facial features include a strong jawline, a pronounced brow, and slightly downcast, thoughtful eyes. His hair is short and neatly combed. He is wearing a jacket over a collared shirt, both depicted with simple shading and line work to suggest texture and form. The sketch does not show any visible jewelry or objects. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing attention entirely on the subject.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 67 x 52.8 cm (26 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagel 1972, no. 1159

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Society of Brothers; acquired 14 April 1953 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1954 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Käthe Kollwitz, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to ten venues (Time, Inc., New York, NY; Davison Art Center, Middletown, CT; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK; Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, FL; The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; St. Paul's School, Concord, NH; Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA; Tacoma Art League, Tacoma, WA; and Fine Arts Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CA), 1959-1960, no cat.

Bibliography

1959

  • Bittner, Herbert. Kaethe Kollwitz Drawings. New York, 1959: 115.

1972

  • Nagel, Otto. The Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz. New York: Galerie St. Etienne; Crown Publishers, 1972.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kathe Kollwitz

Wikidata ID

Q64591960

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